| Crusade |
Dates of Crusade |
Crusades Timeline of Events |
| First Crusade |
1096 - 1099 |
The People's Crusade - Freeing the Holy Lands. 1st Crusade led by Count Raymond IV of Toulouse and proclaimed by many wandering preachers, notably Peter the Hermit |
| Second Crusade |
1144 -1155 |
Crusaders prepared to attack Damascus. 2nd crusade led by Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III and by King Louis VII of France |
| Third Crusade |
1187 -1192 |
3rd Crusade led by Richard the Lionheart of England, Philip II of France, and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. Richard I made a truce with Saladin |
| Fourth Crusade |
1202 -1204 |
4th Crusade led by Fulk of Neuil French/Flemish advanced on Constantinople |
| The Children's Crusade |
1212 |
The Children's Crusade led by a French peasant boy, Stephen of Cloyes |
| Fifth Crusade |
1217 - 1221 |
The 5th Crusade led by King Andrew II of Hungary, Duke Leopold VI of Austria, John of Brienne |
| Sixth Crusade |
1228 - 1229 |
The 6th Crusade led by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II |
| Seventh Crusade |
1248 - 1254 |
The 7th Crusade led by Louis IX of France |
| Eighth Crusade |
1270 |
The 8th Crusade led by Louis IX |
| Ninth Crusade |
1271 - 1272 |
The 9th Crusade led by Prince Edward (later Edward I of England) |
